Improvement in whip-socket fastenings



UNITED FFIGE.

WILLIAM W. RICHARDSON, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF AND WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

iMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKET FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,953, dated August 19, 1873; application filed February 8, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. RICHARD SON, of Ypsilanti, in the county of VVashtenaW and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Whip-Socket Fastenings; and I do declare that the follow ing is'a true and accurate description, thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan view of my fastening ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective ofthe same, showing its use.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

The nature'of this invention relates to the construction of a spring-fastening for the purpose of securing metallic or other whip holders or sockets to the dash-rod of a vehicle, and arranged so that the whole may be almost instantaneously attached or detached. The invention consists of a clasp of one piece of metal to embrace the dash-rod and socket,

bent in proper form to conform to the outlines of such dash-rod and socket, and confined to its position when in use by a key, spring, or other equivalent device, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a clasp, made of any spring-metal, and bent substantially into the form shown in Fig. 1, the part a being designed to embrace the dash-rod, and the larger part b to embrace the socket. From 0 to c the metal is not tempered, but left soft and malleable, to enable the operator to fit the same easily to the dash-iron, which may be of varying sizes and shapes. The balance of the metal clasp, or thatpart inclosing the socket, should be tempered so that it will spring.

The part a, being placed against and around the dash-rod, and being soft or malleable for that purpose, is readily made to conform to the shape of the dash-rod, as shown in Fig. 2, where it is held closely embracing said rod by means of the small springclasp d, hook, key, or other equivalent device. This operation has compressed the part designed to embrace the socket into a circular form, as shown in Fig. 2, a little smaller than the circumference of the socket. The two ends of the clasp A should then be sprung apart sufficiently to allow the socket to be inserted, and then released after the socket is inserted, when the spring of the clasp will rigidly hold the socket in place. i

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a whip socket or holder, and the dash-rod of a vehicle, the clasp A, embracing and conforming to the outline of said socket and rod, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The small spring-clasp d, or other equiv-.

alent device to secure the clasp A in place, and in combination with it, substantially as specified.

W. W. RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, CHAS. E. Hunsrrs. 

